3. CAL Goalball team wins gold at the Portland tournament!

Courtesy of Scot Goodman

4. BORP Shockers and Crushers Power Soccer teams went to Indianapolis for Nationals on June 16-18. Crushers took 1st and Shockers took 5th in the Presidents Conference (D3). Crushers will move up to Champions Conference (D2) next season.

7. BORP All Stars supported and participated in Wheelchair Basketball Awareness Games at Laney College on October 28, 2017

8. BORP athletes Bryanna Stubbert, Mandy Gargano and Joe Hamilton compete in Americas Championships in Sao Paolo, BRA. USA women take 3rd in their division and USA men take 2nd in theirs. First international competition for Mandy and Bryanna.

Two of BORP’s wheelchair basketball coaches will play in the 16th Annual NBA/NWBA All-Star Wheelchair Classic taking place in New Orleans on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 5:00 p.m. PST. BORP Youth Sports Coordinator and BORP Jr. Road Warriors Head Coach Trooper Johnson and fellow coach Chuck Gill are both members of the Golden State Road Warriors wheelchair basketball team and will represent the NWBA West All-Star Team. Road Warriors Head Coach Paul Jackson will lead the West team along with honorary coaches John Starks and Tamika Catchings.

Immediately following the Classic NWBA All-Stars will also lead a basketball clinic for local New Orleans youth athletes with lower limb impairments and their families.